meaning of?

[Justin]

I have a old 3200+ that runs on 2.0ghz. When I run the system requirements test to see if a game would run on my machine, I see my CPU labeled as:

AMD 3200 @ 2.0ghz rated at 3.2 ghz. What does the 3.2 ghz mean?

 

[TrainTrackHack]

I think it means that it'd perform on par with a 3.2GHz NetBurst CPU (Pentium 4/D)

Back in the NetBurst days, this rating was used by AMD to make up for the clockspeed of Intel CPUs that dumb people would think as faster (because of their higher clocks).

 

[apj101]

I have a old 3200+ that runs on 2.0ghz. When I run the system requirements test to see if a game would run on my machine, I see my CPU labeled as:

AMD 3200 @ 2.0ghz rated at 3.2 ghz. What does the 3.2 ghz mean?

its an old metric, a 3200 model amd should perform the same as a 3.2ghz intel, likewsie a 3400 should perform like a 3.4ghz intel. There are several issue with this naming convention
1) It's utter bollocks
2) AMD never official rattified it (although they never really denied it eather)
3) Its doesnt work on modern chips at all

but for a while it did give a rough benchmark